Past Performances

2022-23 Season

Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Anne M. Guzzo: The Bear and the Eclipse
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Wolfgang A. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante (Harumi Rhodes, violin and Richard O’Neill, viola, both from Takács Quartet)

Saturday, January 28, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in C (Meta Weiss, cello)
Wolfgang A. Mozart: Symphony No. 29

Saturday, November 19, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Ben Morris
: The Hill of Three Wishes
Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement (Jennifer Hayghe, piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

2021-22 Season

October 7 & 9, 2021 - Rainbow Strings! A Concert of Hope
Jennifer Higdon Dance Card
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint Georges) Violin Concerto in G Major
Harumi Rhodes, violin
Peter I. Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings

December 4, 2021 - Messiah
George F. Handel
Messiah, Part the First and Hallelujah Chorus
Boulder Chamber Chorale, Vicki Burrichter, Artistic Director

February 4 & 5, 2022 - Mozart, A Concert of Healing
Mozart - Symphony No. 15 in Celebration of our 15th Anniversary!
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Flute, the Goldfinch, Christina Jennings, flute soloist
Carter Pann - My Cross for Solo Flute and Chamber Orchestra (World premiere)
Wolfgang A. Mozart - Symphony No. 41 in C Major, the Jupiter

May 1, 2022 - Joy!
Peter I. Tchaikovsky - Andante cantabile, Op. 11
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor
Antonin Dvořák - Serenade for Winds in D Minor, Op. 44

2020-21 Season of Resiliency in Pandemic

Live stream - December 5 - 19, 2020 - Holiday Moods

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Novelletten No. 1 for Strings,Tambourine, and Triangle

  • Arcangelo Corelli PastoraleFatto per la notte di Natale” 

  • Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Autumn and Winter, Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin

  • Antonín Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22


February, 2021 - Broadcast of Archival performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor

Performance October 25, 2019

May 1, 2021 7:30 PM Limited in-person and live stream - Springtime!

  • World Premiere Jordan M. Holloway Three Coloradan Snowscapes for String Orchestra, Op. 21

  • Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Spring and Summer, Yumi Hwang-Williams, violinist

  • Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Ballet for Martha, Suite for 13 players

2019-20 Season

JS Bach - B Minor Mass

October 25, 2019 Denver, Montview Presbyterian Church

October 26, 2019 Boulder, Mountain View United Methodist Church

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor

  • St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, Tim Krueger, Artistic Director

  • Jennifer Bird, soprano

  • Julie Simson, mezzo

  • Dereck Chester, tenor

  • Jeffrey Seppalla, bass


Diverse Voices

Saturday, February 1 | 7:30 PM First Baptist Church of Denver, Denver 

Sunday, Februray 2 | 2:00 PM Mountain View United Methodist Church, Boulder

  • Jessie Montgormery Starburst

  • Rudy Perrault Exodus

  • William Grant Still Danzas de Panama

  • Gabriela Lena Frank Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout

Composing Climate - CANCELED Due to COVID-19

March 20 - 7:15 PM Stewart Auditorium 400 Quail Rd., Longmont

March 21 - 7:30 PM First Baptist Church of Denver 1373 Grant Street, Denver

March 22 - 2:00 PM Mountain View United Methodist Church 355 Ponca Place, Boulder

  • Dianna Link  Diamond Dust 

  • Gwyneth Walker Earth and Sky

  • Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 Pastorale


2018-19 Season

Women

September 22, 2018 Denver

September 23, 2018 Boulder 

  • Grazyna Bacewicz Concerto for String Orchestra 

  • Wolfgang A. Mozart Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major K. 239, Serenata notturna

  • Franz Joseph Haydn Violin Concerto in C Major, Yumi Hwang-Williams, violinist


Messiah!

December 1, 2018 Boulder

December 2, 2018 Boulder

  • George F. Handel Messiah

  • Boulder Chorale Chamber Singers, Vicki Burrichter, Artistic Director

  • Jennifer Bird, soprano

  • Leah Creek Biesterfield, alto

  • Stephen Soph, tenor

  • Adam Ewing, bass


Jory

February 22, 2019 Denver 7:30pm First Baptist Church of Denver, 1373 Grant St, Denver

February 23, 2019 Boulder 7:30pm Mountain View United Methodist Church, Boulder

February 24, 2019 Longmont  2pm Stewart Auditorium, Longmont Museum

  • Max Wolpert Baroque ’n Mirror, World Premiere

  • Johann Sebastion Bach Concerto for Harpsichord, Jory Vinokour, harpsichord

  • Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 22, The Philosopher


2017-18 Season

October - Neoclassical - Something Old, Something New

October 20, 2017 Bethany Lutheran Church Denver

October 21, 2017 Mountain View United Methodist Church Boulder

  • Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

  • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto, Soloist Nicolò Spera, guitar

  • Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite


February -  Liberation

February 19, 2018 Bethany Lutheran Church Denver

February 20, 2018 First United Methodist Church Boulder

  • World Premiere by CU Composition Competition winner, Elena Specht

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata “Ein Feste Burg ist Unser Gott” St. Martin’s Chamber Choir

  • Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 85 “La Reine” in Bb 


April - Heart of Hungary 

April 13, 2018 Bethany Lutheran Church Denver

April 14, 2018 First United Methodist Church Boulder 

  • Béla Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra

  • Jeffrey Nytch: Violin Concerto: Costa Concordia (world premiere), Edward Dusinberre, violinist


2016-17 Tenth Anniversary Season

October - Haydn Creation - 7:30 pm Concert, 6:30 pm Pre-Concert Talk (Cynthia Katsarelis)

October 28, 2016 at 7:30 pm | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St., Denver

October 29, 2016 | First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder

  • Chorus: Colorado Masterworks Chorus, Vicki Burrichter, Artistic Director

  • Soprano Amanda Balestrieri

  • Tenor Steven Soph

  • Bass Jeffrey Seppalla

January - Love and Death - 7:30 pm Concert, 6:30 pm Pre-Concert Talk (Cynthia Katsarelis)

January 20, 2017 at 7:30 pm | First Baptist Church of Denver, 1373 Grant St., Denver

January 21, 2017 at 7:30 pm | First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder

  • Shostakovich Symphony No. 14 

  • Schubert Symphony No. 5

  • Soprano Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson 

  • Bass-Baritone Ashraf Sewailam


Triumph - 7:30 pm Concert, 6:30 pm Pre-Concert Talk (Cynthia Katsarelis)

April 7, 2017 at 7:30 pm | First Baptist Church of Denver, 1373 Grant St., Denver

April 8, 2017 at 7:30 pm | First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder 

  • Egemen Kesikli, World Premiere

  • Carl Nielsen Flute Concerto, Christina Jennings, flutist

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Eroica

2015-16 Season

Mozart and Larry Graham - November 20 & 21, 2015

  • World Premiere by CU Composition Competition winner, Kurt Mahlenbacher

  • Wolfgang A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 441

  • Wolfgang A. Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504

Shostakovich: In Dedication - January 22 & 23, 2016

  • JS Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no. 3

  • World premiere: D.J. Sparr composition based on Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 

  • Pavel Haas – Study for Strings

  • Dmitri Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony for String Orchestra, dedicated to victims of fascism and war.


Mozart Requiem with St. Martin’s Chamber Choir - April 8 & 9, 2016 

  • Wolfgang A. Mozart – Requiem 

  • Wolfgang A. Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus 

2014-15 Season

American Voices - October 17 & 18, 2014

  • Jean Sibelius Rakastava, Op. 14

  • Samuel Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Amanda Balestrieri, soprano

  • Wolfgang A. Mozart Symphony No. 39 in Eb, K. 543

     

American Seasons - February 6 & 7, 2015

  • Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

  • World Premiere by CU Composition Competition winner

  • Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 2, American Seasons, with Yumi Hwang-Williams

Voices of Light - March 13 & 14, 2015

  • Richard Einhorn oratorio Voices of Light, with the silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc

  • St. John’s Cathedral Choir, Vocal soloists: Ashley Hoffman, Majorie Bundy, Steven Soph, David Farwig

 

2013-14 Season of Epics

 Epic Beethoven - November 22 & 23, 2013

  • Michael Daugherty Strut for Strings

  • Joaquin Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez, Nicolo Spera, Guitar

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major

 Epic Mozart - January 31 & February 1, 2014

  • Daniel Kellogg (composer at CU Boulder) Coming Into the World

  • Beethoven PC No 4 in G Op. 58, Hsing-Ay Hsu, piano

  • Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

 Epic Seasons - April 4 & 5, 2014 

  • Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons

  • Astor Piazzolla The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

  • Soloist: Lina Bahn, violinist


2012-13 Season of Journeys

 Mozart Journeys to London - November 9-10, 2012

  • JC Bach Sinfonia in G Minor

  • Mozart Piano Concerto in E-flat, K. 271, David Korevar, pianist

  • Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra, with Colorado Chamber Players

  • Britten Simple Symphony for String Orchestra

 Mendelssohn Goes to Scotland - February 1 & 2, 2013 

  • Hebrides Overture

  • Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, op. 64 in E Minor, Edward Dusinberre, violinist

  • Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Scottish 

 American Journeys - April 12 & 13, 2013

  • David Diamond Rounds for String Orchestra

  • Copland Clarinet Concerto, Dan Silver, clarinet

  • Philip Glass Third Symphony